A New School Year

With the coming school year, we will be having some daycare changes.

You may remember our hope to get Abby in to the local preschool last January.  We signed her up late, and weren't sure she would get it.  Well, she did.  We were ecstatic.  We absolutely loved that preschool.  However, they don't have a dropoff time until 7:00AM.  I am required to be at school by 7, and Peggy's new schedule has her going in to work at 1AM.  So, we were faced with the tough position of looking for a new school.

We looked at several places and found one that I think we'll really like.  We certainly don't like it as much as the local preschool, but we didn't really have any other choice.  It is located within a mile of my work and Noah can go there too.  It won't be as convenient as their daycare last year (which was right up the road from our house), but it is much more of a preschool that Abby's old place was.

Abby is really smart and needs something to challenge her.  She is so ready for preschool.  Her new classroom is much more of a classroom than a daycare room.  There are not really many, if any, toys in the room.  Most of the room is a couple of big tables that the children sit around.  When we went to see the place, we almost wondered if it was too hardcore.  However, they do have an hour or two in the morning in the gym.  They also get time in the afternoon there or outside on the playground.  But, it seems like the time in between there is reserved for learning.  When we were there, the kids were trying to find certain words in their books.

So, we took the kids there the other day to meet their teachers and see the place.  Abby is beyond excited.  She loves the gym and can't wait to play in it.  They also have a large cafeteria....much more of a school-like setting.  And here's the kicker.  Once per week, they get to go to the small library they have and Abby gets to pick out a book.  They use that book throughout the week for different activities.  Abby couldn't believe they have their own library.  This is the biggest thing she's excited for and she seriously can't wait.

This also means that I will be left to get the kids ready in the morning.  It's really (hopefully) not a big deal, after all, I've done it before.  Abby has been very independent lately.  She gets herself all ready and changed, and has even started doing her hair.  The bigger challenge each morning will be Noah.